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‘ISIS supporter’ charged with plotting New Year’s Eve terror attack in New York State

A 25-year-old man has been arrested in New York State accused of planning to carry out a New Year’s Eve terrorist attack.

Emanuel Lutchman allegedly plotted an armed assault on a restaurant in the city of Rochester. He was in contact with an “overseas individual” who had identified himself as a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil), according to the US Department of Justice.